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have this quality in a fmall degree. Among animals, the rhinoceros,- 

 camel, horfe, rabbit, marmotte, and fquirrel. Among birds, the 

 pelican, ttork, heron, pigeon, and turtle, have a power of di'gorging 

 their food (chiefly to feed their young). Among fifhes, lobfters, crabs, 

 and one or two others. Among infedts, the mole, cricket, wafp, 

 drone, bee, grafliopper, and beetle. All thefe animals either actually 

 or Jeemingly chew the cud. Their ftomachs are compofed of muf- 

 cular fibres, by means whereof their food is ground up and down, 

 in the fame manner as in thofe diftinguifhed by the appellation of 

 ruminants. 



o F T H E 



COW KIND. 



OF all ruminant animals, thofe of the cow kind deferve the firft 

 rank, for their fize, their beauty, and their fervices. 



The climate and pafture of Great Britain are exccllentlv adapted 

 to this animal's moderate nature ; our verdant and fertile plains 

 perfe6tly fuit its manner of feeding ; for wanting the upper fore teeth, 

 it loves to graze in a high rich pafture, little regarding the quality 

 of its food, if fupplied in abundance. In no part of Europe the tame 

 animal grows larger, yields more milk, or more readily fattens, than 

 with us. 



Our paftures fupply them with plenty ; they in return enrich 

 the pafture ; for of all animals, the cow feems to give back more 

 than it takes from the foil. 



This animal is furniftied with eight cutting teeth in the lower 

 jaw ; at the age of ten months, the two middlemoft fall out, and arc 

 replaced by others not fo white, but broader j at fixteen months, 

 the two next milk-v/hite teeth fall out, and others appear : thus 

 changing every fix months, till all the cutting teeth are renewed, 

 which then are long, pretty white and equal ; but as the animal ad- 

 vances in years, they become irregular and black, their inequalities 

 fmoother, and the animal lefs capable of chewing its food. The cow 

 often declines from this caufe; for, being obliged to eat a great deal 

 to fupport life, the fmoothnefs of its teeth renders chewing difficult, 

 and the quantity chewed inadequate to fupply the ftomach. 



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